Surveying construction sites with a drone operated 50 miles away or more can bring a host of benefits, according to Skanska’s Peter Cater, who has been involved on the first construction trial. Denise Chevin finds out more.

AI-powered drones are set to carry out automated road inspections from the sky in Lithuania.

A round-up of BIM and digital construction stories that you might have missed in the past seven days.

Brent Cross Town, a joint venture between Argent Related and Barnet Council, is using Site Scan drone flight management and image processing software from Esri UK to improve the efficiency of groundworks surveys and how it communicates progress of the £7bn development.

Yorkshire Housing has taken part in a trial to use drone inspections. Denise Chevin asked Darren William, lead innovator at the housing association, how it went.

A Network Rail team has flown a drone Beyond Visual Line of Sight for 25km over dry land – believed to be the furthest such civilian drone flight in Britain.

Autonomous drones and robots could be the answers to the UK Armed Forces’ challenge when faced with a body of water to cross.

Leica BLK laser scanners have gone autonomous and can fly and walk: the scanners have been fitted to Boston Dynamics’ Spot the robot dog and a drone.

Balfour Beatty’s Hong Kong arm, Gammon Construction, has adopted Sensat’s data capture platform.

Local councils could use smart video, drones and digital twins to combat potholes in a sustainable way.